Tutor: Lindy Zubairy
Craft: Crochet
Experience: Intermediate
Summary: Broomstick Crochet is a fun way to extend your crochet range while creating a beautiful, lacy effect that may be incorporated in multiple projects and designs.
Description
Broomstick Crochet is a fun way to extend your crochet range while creating a beautiful, lacy effect that may be incorporated in multiple projects and designs.
It’s a bit of a maverick stitch that requires an extra bit of kit – a length of rod about the girth of a broomstick handle, hence the name. (We tend to use 20 or 35 mm knitting needles these days, however, so don’t go sawing up your broom!)
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to create the beautiful peacock eyes that characterise this openwork crochet technique and explore its surprising range of design possibilities.
You do need to already know how to work a double crochet stitch (US single crochet) so this workshop is not really for beginners.
About the tutor
Lindy has had a number of broomstick crochet designs published in the crochet press over the years and taught day courses at Denman ‒ the college of the WI. She qualified as a design and technology teacher in 2006 and has been teaching both traditional and tunisian crochet in various formats and locations for 15 years.
Ravelry: rankinmiss
Skills required
You do need to already know how to work a double crochet stitch (US single crochet) so this workshop is not really for beginners.
Preparation
No preparation is needed.
What to bring
Bring along a traditional hook and at least a couple of 50 g balls of yarn appropriate to it.
That is, if you are using:
- 4 ply, you’ll need a 3 mm hook;
- DK, you’ll need a 4 mm hook; for
- aran or worsted weight yarn, a 5 mm; or
- chunky, a 6 mm (possibly don’t go any bigger than that for now).
If you’re not sure, choose aran with a 5 mm.
Your yarn can be in any (or every) colour.
‘Broomsticks’ will be provided, but do bring your own 20 mm knitting needle if you like.
Bring along a notebook
Additional material
There will be a recap handout of what is covered in the workshop for you to take away.
